NSW captain Steve Smith has promised to follow the lead of the Australian captain, Michael Clarke, in roughing up Western Australia's greenhorns in the Sheffield Shield final at Canberra's Manuka Oval, which starts on Friday.

Much in the same way that Clarke ordered his fast bowling artillery to launch all-out assaults against England and South Africa over summer to devastating effect, Smith has given his own quicks the same instructions in pursuit of the state's first Shield title since 2007-08.

"It's about making (the young guys) as uncomfortable as we can out in the middle and hopefully not letting them get away from us through the aggression with our bowlers and how we move around in the field,'' Smith said.

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"In particular bowling to the tail. We've adopted a few of those plans last week about getting the ball in quite short and seeing what they have to offer.

''We'll see how the wicket plays to see if there's enough pace and bounce to do that again.''

The Blues are without fast bowler Doug Bollinger after he was called up to the Australian team for the Twenty20 World Cup, while Clarke is sidelined with a shoulder injury.

But they still have the luxury of having seven players (Smith, Moises Henriques, Nathan Lyon, Steve O'Keefe, Nic Maddinson, Trent Copeland and Josh Hazlewood) with international experience.

The Warriors have kept faith in their impressive youngsters all season.

Wicketkeeper Sam Whiteman, touted as Australia's next long-term gloveman, and left-arm paceman Jason Behrendorff were named in the Sheffield Shield team of the year, while Agar and Mitch Marsh have both represented their country.

Voges is confident they will perform on the big stage as the Warriors chase their first Shield title in 15 years.

"They have continued to surprise us; a couple of them made the team of the year that I'm really chuffed about,'' Voges said.

"It shows how much they've developed over the season.

"Everything we've thrown at them they've responded to really well and I've got no doubt over the next five days they'll do the same.''

Smith will be looking to play another key innings after his 89 anchored NSW to victory by three wickets over WA in their final shield match of the season last week. NSW's win earned it the right to host the final.

While Smith has established himself in the Test team with three centuries in his past seven games, he was a surprising omission from the Australian T20 side.

"It'd be nice to be over there (at the T20 World Cup), but that's ok, that stuff happens,'' Smith said.

"It's a quality side and I didn't make it in there on this occasion.

"I haven't played in a Shield final so I'm looking forward to this week.''